US Patent Issued to University of South Africa on March 17 for "Process and system for converting waste plastic into power" (South African Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,480, issued on March 17, was assigned to University of South Africa (Pretoria, South Africa).

"Process and system for converting waste plastic into power" was invented by James Alistair Fox (Pretoria, South Africa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a process and system for converting carbon material into power. Carbon material 12 is gasified into synthesis gas 18 in a gasifier 16, and steam 14 is supplied to the gasifier 16. The synthesis gas 18 is supplied to a gas turbine 30, 36, 38 to produce power. Air 24 is added to the synthesis gas 18 prior to the gas turbine 30, 36, 38. Exhaust gas 40 from the gas turbin...